In addition to discouraging out-of-state visitors, our Gov wants to discourage families from visiting our parks:
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/newsroom/press-release...
"The increased revenues ... will not change the number of parks and historic sites slated for those cutbacks."
""Flagship" Parks Vehicle Use Fee. Fees will increase from $6/$7 per vehicle to $8 per vehicle at parks with significant amenities and high visitation. They are: Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Bear Mountain, Belmont Lake, Bethpage, Captree, Caumsett, Connetquot, Fair Haven, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fort Niagara, Grafton Lakes, Green Lakes, Harriman/Lake Welch, Sebago and Tiorati, Hempstead Lake, Lake Taghkanic, Letchworth, Minnewaska, Montauk Point, Moreau Lake, Planting Fields Arboretum, Rockland Lake, Saratoga Spa, Southwick Beach, Valley Stream, Watkins Glen and Westcott Beach."
This went from an April's Fools to the Governor just making fools out of us. I figured the Parks closure threat was a ruse to make the inevitable fee increase go down easier, but didn't expect the double whammy.